{"product_id":"9780063513006","title":"Ask the Dust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Either the work of John Fante is unknown to you or unforgettable. He was not the kind of writer to leave room in between.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fante was my God.\"—Charles Bukowski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Fante’s classic California novel details the adventures of his alter ego, Arturo Bandini, a young writer in Great Depression-era Los Angeles. Struggling to succeed, Bandini falls into an obsessive love affair with the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Yet just as fortune looms with the publication of his first novel, everything falls apart when Camilla has a nervous breakdown and disappears?propelling Bandini to reject the writer’s life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Fante","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46900180025493,"sku":"9780063513006","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780063513006.png?v=1778054047","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780063513006","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}